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Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use

A Guide for Beginning the Change Process

• By Jeremy M. Linton

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• Price: $24.95
• Binding: Paperback
• Pages: 136
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 17th September 2007
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96072-4

About the Book

Overcoming Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use is a workbook for use with clients in treatment, informed by the most current research and literature in the substance abuse field. Offering a field-tested alternative to the disease model of addiction, the book introduces a six-session curriculum for treating persons with substance abuse issues and can be used as a self-help resource for persons with substance abuse issues, or as a practice guide for human service professionals. Drawing on years of research on cognitive-behavioral therapy, the stages of change model, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy, the author has put together a comprehensive and effective guide to change.

The book provides up-to-date information and interventions for treatment, as well as questions for thought and personal reflection, specific and concrete examples, and session assignments and worksheets to assist in the implementation of change. Readers are encouraged to put the information they learn into active practice, in order to set personalized goals and implement strategies that are proven to work. The combination of research-based approaches makes this workbook unique and easily adaptable for individual use or as a curriculum for treatment. Both those seeking help for alcohol or drug problems and counselors looking for resources to enhance clinical effectiveness with their clients will find this to be an invaluable guide.

Reviews

"This addictions workbook has significant application for clients, practitioners working with addicted clients, and faculty training students in the specialty area of addictions." - Gerald A. Juhnke, Professor and Doctoral Program Director, Department of Counselor Education and Supervision, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

"The book offers an organized, sensible, rational alternative to the more emotion-based model of AA. Clinicians will find it highly valuable to have an articulated program designed to move a client or patient through the relevant steps of a recovery process that does not involve spiritual or religious overtones, or a requirement that the person see himself or herself as helpless in the face of substance use. With a flexible application to a client based on education, substance abuse history, current substance use, and comorbid pathology, this program could be very productive." - Joan B. Read, PsycCritiques, Feb 2008 Vol. 53, Iss. 7.

Table of Contents

List of Documents Available in the Public Domain. Determining Your Goals and Getting Started. The Change Process. Cognitive Model of Addiction. Errors in Thinking. Recovery. Relapse. Managing Emotions. Living with Integrity in Recovery. Where to Go Next. Summary of Treatment Options. References

About the Author(s)

Jeremy M. Linton, PhD, is on the faculty of the Counseling and Human Services program at Indiana University South Bend and is a Consulting Mental Health Counselor at the Samaritan Counseling Center in South Bend, IN. He teaches courses on alcohol and drug abuse and conducts research in this area. He has also provided substance abuse counseling services in prisons and jails, residential treatment programs, community agencies, and private practice. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and has advanced training in substance abuse and couples and family counseling. Dr. Linton regularly conducts trainings on substance abuse counseling and supervises students working in substance abuse counseling settings.

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